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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 610 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve): Ask (problem, users, limits) → Imagine (many ideas) → Plan (diagram, materials). Create (build a prototype) → Test (measure) → Improve (fix and retest). It is a loop: after Improve, test again.

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  1. 1.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  11. 11.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  25. 25.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  31. 31.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. find the limits
  3. try it out
  4. dream up possible fixes
  5. Ask
  6. pick the build order
  7. Ask
  8. Improve
  9. Test
  10. no, it repeats
  11. True
  12. Test
  13. Create
  14. Ask
  15. Improve
  16. True
  17. draw a labelled diagram
  18. Plan
  19. Improve
  20. Test
  21. Ask
  22. check it against goals
  23. Ask
  24. brainstorm many ideas
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. build the model
  29. Plan
  30. measure its performance
  31. Improve
  32. True
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Create
  36. Imagine
  37. False
  38. Ask
  39. Improve
  40. Imagine

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